耶和华吩咐摩西说，我曾起誓应许亚伯拉罕，以撒，雅各说，要将迦南地赐给你的后裔。现在你和你从埃及地所领出来的百姓，要从这里往那地去。
And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:
领你到那流奶与蜜之地。我自己不同你们上去，因为你们是硬着颈项的百姓，恐怕我在路上把你们灭绝。
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
摩西素常将帐棚支搭在营外，离营却远，他称这帐棚为会幕。凡求问耶和华的，就到营外的会幕那里去。
And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.
耶和华说，我必亲自和你同去，使你得安息。
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
人在何事上得以知道我和你的百姓在你眼前蒙恩呢，岂不是因你与我们同去，使我和你的百姓与地上的万民有分别吗。
For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
耶和华对摩西说，你这所求的我也要行，因为你在我眼前蒙了恩，并且我按你的名认识你。
And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name.
摩西说，求你显出你的荣耀给我看。
And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
又说，你不能看见我的面，因为人见我的面不能存活。
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
我的荣耀经过的时候，我必将你放在磐石穴中，用我的手遮掩你，等我过去，
And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
摩西遵着耶和华的吩咐记载他们所行的路程，其路程乃是这样，
And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.